An Official Journal of Polish Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
ISSN:1897-2276
e-ISSN: 2449-9145
Locum Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Hand and Wrist Surgeon Northampton General Hospital, United Kingdom
Research Article
Systematic review of incidence of upper limb injuries in professional footballers
Author(s):
DEEPAK PANDEY*
Introduction: Upper limb injuries affecting professional footballers are under investigated and under reported. I performed a systematic review evaluating current literature available on professional footballers to identify the incidence of upper limb injuries and types of injury. I further evaluated if players team position influenced the injury.
Methods: A systematic review was performed in June 2021 to identify appropriate articles in the following databases: PubMed, SPORTDiscus, Cochrane Library, Medline and CINHAL. The critical appraisal system program check list for cohort studies was used to score each article reviewed and a percentage score was given. Articles which scored below 50%, were deemed to be of poor quality. Further data was extracted to include country of origin, players demographic data, data extraction, data analysis and quality assessment, injuries, num.. Read More»
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